A reflection

This is an abstract image of a face looming in from the top right-hand corner and it roughly takes up the top third of the canvas. The skin is predominantly a waxy green colour, but the top right-hand corner consists of white, turquoise, pale pink, and peach. The nose is quite long and the cheekbone sharp. The eye contains a blue iris and pupil, and is outlined in pale purple and peach. The areas under the mouth, around the nose and eyebrows and forehead, are contoured darker. There is a thin swirl of colour dividing the canvas in two, and it follows the outline of the face. It is a swirl of pastel and gentle colours, like pink, peach, blue, and lilac. The second half of the picture depicts the reflection of the face above, but in similar colours to the divide. The majority of the face can be seen in the reflection, whereas only half is shown pre-divide. The date (2006) and artist's signature are in the bottom right hand corner of the canvas.

Artist's Statement

I drew the painting in the wake of a crisis I had experienced in life and called for reflection, learning to look fear in the eyes—to watch it, to study it—, to change and grow. Fear was a kind of monster. I realized that, in each of us, in different periods of life, there are monsters, and so I danced with my monster.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

A brown, femme-presenting person smiles up at the camera. They are sitting in a black wheelchair, and are wearing a pink spaghetti-strap tank top with lace along the edges and denim jeans. A black belt is cinched around their waist.

LIMOR ASHKENAZY, an Israeli born in 1973, is wheelchair-bound, diagnosed with Morquio syndrome. Limor began painting in 2004, and discovered the colors, the brush, the fabric, and her emotional world. Art is a place without boundaries, freedom and a vision in which a piece and another piece of soul weave the fabric of life.

Limor has been playing for 10 years at the "zulat" Community Theater in Bat Yam as a songwriter and playwright—modeling, teaching at various schools and organizations in Israel, promoting awareness and change for people with disabilities, and lecturing on sexuality and disability. She is currently raising money for her own performance, a performance show.